Taking students on a virtual field trip is a great way to spark their interests and motivate their learning in aspecific content area. While field trips offer a great learning opportunity, they can be hard to organize and timeconsuming. So, what are virtual field trips? Virtual field trips are interactive Web-based experiences that guide students through an exploration of contentabout themes, such as a specific place or time. Virtual field trips can offer students more opportunities becauseyou can take them to places they wouldn’t normally be able to go to otherwise - like inside a volcano or onthe ocean floor! In addition, virtual field trips may even boost students’ reading comprehension skills and willexpose them to different cultures and environments. Although virtual field trips may not offer the same sensory experience as being at the physical location, theydo have advantages over traditional on-site field trips. One advantage is the freedom students are given tomove at their own pace, or that students have the time to explore the virtual environment with as much detailas they want - reading and interacting with the content at a pace that is appropriate for them. Additionally, byencouraging students to explore topics related to their own depth of interest, they are given the opportunityto take control of their own learning, making it a more meaningful experience. And guess what? You and yourstudents can revisit these fieldtrips over and over, providing many opportunities to review and explore!Virtual field trips are a great way to engage and encourage interaction in the classroom - whatever the subjectmatter may be! TOP 7 Google Art Projects - http://www.googleartproject.com/ Google art projects is the collection of 1000+ works from 17 highly acclaimedart museums in the world. With Google art projects you can virtually walk theaisles of these museums and view high resolution images of paintings like VanGough’s “The Bedroom”. Google also allows you to create your own art collection by saving individualpaintings to a portfolio where you can add notes to the paintings and even share your whole collectionwith friends. Google Sky - http://www.google.com/sky/ Travel the stars with Google Sky. With Google Sky you can view the position ofplants, explore constellations, and even watch the birth of distant galaxies. Youcan even change the view of Google sky to see what the sky would look like if wehad the ability to view the universe in x-rays or infrared. Smithsonian - http://mnh.si.edu/panoramas This self-paced, self-guided tour allows viewers to take a detailed virtual tour of theSmithsonian National Museum of Natural History. This is a complete virtual tour whereall you have to do is follow the blue arrow around the museum to go on a journey thatmakes you’re feel like you’re actually walking the halls of the Smithsonian Panoramas.dk - http://www.panoramas.dk/7-wonders/ Bring the 7 wonders of the world to your classroom with panoramas.dk. This websitehas breathtaking panoramic views of all 7 wonders of the world which include theColosseum in Rome, The Great Wall in China, Petra in Jordan, The Taj Mahal in India,Machu Picchu in Peru, Christ Redeemer in Rio, and Chichén Itzá in Mexico.The Oxford University Museum of Natural History - http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/universitymuseum/#
This virtual tour is of The Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Thismuseum is home to an extensive world-wide collection of zoology, entomology,geology, and mineralogy, including the local dinosaur finds, a 40ft Tyrannosaurus Rex, the observationbeehive, and Alice’s Dodo. Also a part of the tour is the building itself; one of the finest examples ofthe Victorian Gothic style of architecture. National Museum of the United States Air Force - http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-pkg.html This remarkable tour of the National Museum of the United States Air Force givesviewers and very clear and complete tour of the entire museum grounds. Seethe progression of aeronautics in the U.S. from its beginnings with the Wright brothers all the way tomodern day R&D aircraft. Inside the White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/interactive-tour Travel floor-by-floor as you take an interactive tour of the White House. Viewofficial White House photos of room as well as browse through the history of thatroom and its unique features. Also learn the significance each room has in theday-to-day workings of the White House.Plus Bonuses! White House Public Tour - http://www.visitingdc.com/white-house/virtual-tour-white-house.htm
http://online.howtomaster.com/training/html/itc2/itc20201/start.html Stay safe!Make sure all of the sites are appropriate for students.Plan ahead!Setting up your first virtual fieldtrip will take time. Or use one that is already prepared for you.Have a goal!Make sure the purpose is clearly defined.Continue the lesson offline!Supplement the trip by bringing in hands-on props - food, music, artifacts, etc.Give it a dry run!Make sure all links and web pages are working prior to the day of the fieldtrip.Leave the work to them!As an assignment, have groups of students create their own virtualfield trips and share them Use Virtual Fieldtrips as: • The basis of collaborative assignments.• An individual assignment to foster an existing interest in a content area.• An avenue to further explore a content area.• A class where you walk through the fieldtrip on a projector or interactive white board.
What are virtual field trips?
Taking students on a virtual field trip is a great way to spark their interests and motivate their learning in aspecific content area. While field trips offer a great learning opportunity, they can be hard to organize and timeconsuming. So, what are virtual field trips? Virtual field trips are interactive Web-based experiences that guide students through an exploration of contentabout themes, such as a specific place or time. Virtual field trips can offer students more opportunities becauseyou can take them to places they wouldn’t normally be able to go to otherwise - like inside a volcano or onthe ocean floor! In addition, virtual field trips may even boost students’ reading comprehension skills and willexpose them to different cultures and environments. Although virtual field trips may not offer the same sensory experience as being at the physical location, theydo have advantages over traditional on-site field trips. One advantage is the freedom students are given tomove at their own pace, or that students have the time to explore the virtual environment with as much detailas they want - reading and interacting with the content at a pace that is appropriate for them. Additionally, byencouraging students to explore topics related to their own depth of interest, they are given the opportunityto take control of their own learning, making it a more meaningful experience. And guess what? You and yourstudents can revisit these fieldtrips over and over, providing many opportunities to review and explore!Virtual field trips are a great way to engage and encourage interaction in the classroom - whatever the subjectmatter may be!
TOP 7
Google Art Projects -
http://www.googleartproject.com/
Google art projects is the collection of 1000+ works from 17 highly acclaimedart museums in the world. With Google art projects you can virtually walk theaisles of these museums and view high resolution images of paintings like VanGough’s “The Bedroom”. Google also allows you to create your own art collection by saving individualpaintings to a portfolio where you can add notes to the paintings and even share your whole collectionwith friends.
Google Sky -
http://www.google.com/sky/
Travel the stars with Google Sky. With Google Sky you can view the position ofplants, explore constellations, and even watch the birth of distant galaxies. Youcan even change the view of Google sky to see what the sky would look like if wehad the ability to view the universe in x-rays or infrared.
Smithsonian -
http://mnh.si.edu/panoramas
This self-paced, self-guided tour allows viewers to take a detailed virtual tour of theSmithsonian National Museum of Natural History. This is a complete virtual tour whereall you have to do is follow the blue arrow around the museum to go on a journey thatmakes you’re feel like you’re actually walking the halls of the Smithsonian
Panoramas.dk -
http://www.panoramas.dk/7-wonders/
Bring the 7 wonders of the world to your classroom with panoramas.dk. This websitehas breathtaking panoramic views of all 7 wonders of the world which include theColosseum in Rome, The Great Wall in China, Petra in Jordan, The Taj Mahal in India,Machu Picchu in Peru, Christ Redeemer in Rio, and Chichén Itzá in Mexico.The Oxford University Museum of Natural History -
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/universitymuseum/#
This virtual tour is of The Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Thismuseum is home to an extensive world-wide collection of zoology, entomology,geology, and mineralogy, including the local dinosaur finds, a 40ft Tyrannosaurus Rex, the observationbeehive, and Alice’s Dodo. Also a part of the tour is the building itself; one of the finest examples ofthe Victorian Gothic style of architecture.
National Museum of the United States Air Force -
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-pkg.html
This remarkable tour of the National Museum of the United States Air Force givesviewers and very clear and complete tour of the entire museum grounds. Seethe progression of aeronautics in the U.S. from its beginnings with the Wright brothers all the way tomodern day R&D aircraft.
Inside the White House -
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/interactive-tour
Travel floor-by-floor as you take an interactive tour of the White House. Viewofficial White House photos of room as well as browse through the history of thatroom and its unique features. Also learn the significance each room has in theday-to-day workings of the White House.Plus Bonuses!
White House Public Tour -
http://www.visitingdc.com/white-house/virtual-tour-white-house.htm
360° Panoramic Tour of the United States -
http://panoramas.dk/US/index.html
Google Moon & Mars -
https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/cia-museum-tour/index.html
Learn how you can create your own virtual fieldtrips.\
http://online.howtomaster.com/training/html/itc2/itc20201/start.html
Stay safe!Make sure all of the sites are appropriate for students.Plan ahead!Setting up your first virtual fieldtrip will take time. Or use one that is already prepared for you.Have a goal!Make sure the purpose is clearly defined.Continue the lesson offline!Supplement the trip by bringing in hands-on props - food, music, artifacts, etc.Give it a dry run!Make sure all links and web pages are working prior to the day of the fieldtrip.Leave the work to them!As an assignment, have groups of students create their own virtualfield trips and share them
Use Virtual Fieldtrips as:
• The basis of collaborative assignments.• An individual assignment to foster an existing interest in a content area.• An avenue to further explore a content area.• A class where you walk through the fieldtrip on a projector or interactive white board.